Author: Ken Puls

The Value of a Backup…

To quote my friend John, "The value of a backup is not in the backup. It's in the restore." I got to feel this first hand last night. I've been having some performance issues over the last week with my

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Creating a Cipher

This isn't a post specific to a computer technique, but it does relate to security. What the heck is a cipher, anyway, and why would I want one? As a matter of course, I teach every staff member this when

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Stripping Data from an Imported File

Most of us, when we start dabbling with Excel macros, probably take the following steps: Record code Begin to make minor edits to the code Eventually learn about loops and start using them everywhere Learn that loops are "expensive" and

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Excel 2007 Compatibility Checker

This is a pretty cool new feature in Excel 2007 that I think will pay some dividends to people. The main intention is to ensure that users working in 2007 files are notified when they'll lose functionality by saving back

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wks Format Gone in Excel 2007

This came as a bit of a surprise to me, but you can no longer open/save a file in the old Lotus wks format in Excel 2007. Most people probably won't care about this, but I create batches of journal

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Vendor Credit Terms

Today our A/P clerk came into my office with a letter from one of our suppliers. The letter basically tells us that our credit terms are Net 30 days, and that our May 31 invoice is overdue. Upon emailing the

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